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CIIEWABLE CONTRACEPTIVE ON MARKET. A21 HOULIHAN'S TO OPEN IN EATONTOWN. B6 ASBURY PARK SPORTS FALL I II I II I TA-S II I II mi SINCE 1879 A GANNETT NEWSPAPER motions raocteri UsaSanes my time on these applications," Citta said in rejecting defense attorney James Friedman's request to transfer LaSane's case to the Family Part of state Superior Court, where criminal matters against minors are heard. "Analyzing and legitimizing the absurd and ridiculous that's what this application is, and it's denied," the judge said. LaSane is scheduled to defendant: Will be tried as an adult, not in juvenile court charges: Kidnap, murder of woman who secretly taped crimes t.

''i By KATHLEEN HOPKINS TOMS RIVER BUREAU TOMS RIVER Saying it was hard for him to keep from choking, a judge on Thursday denied a defense attorney's requests to have a 27-year-old Berkeley man tried as a juvenile in the 1996 murder of a Middle-town schoolteacher, and to dismiss some of the charges against him based 1 It't difficult, as an arbiter of fact, to not choko on tho fact that I'm watting my timo on thoto applications," said Judge Jamos N. Cltta of dofonso motions by Michaol LaSano's lawyer, (press file photo li Sounds of Asbury Park concert Saturday at Stone Pony a salute to the city's golden era the 1960s and a beloved cover band Public's help urged in combating gangs Asbury 'hit' a galvanizing event f-; i i i LOCAL NEWS TWO LOCAL TEAMS TAKE B3 FRIDAY, DEC 8, 2006 Eminent domain foes win a niling Outside lawyers back on the case By CAROL GORGA WILLIAMS COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU LONG BRANCH A state appellate court has permitted the Institute for Justice, the nonprofit Virginia-based public interest law firm that specializes in fighting what it terms eminent domain abuse, to join the case of oceanview residents fighting redevelopment in their neighborhood. The, 'firm will join Peter H. Wegener in representing more than 20 neighbors in the Marine Terrace, Ocean Terrace, Seaview Avenue area commonly called MTOTSA who want to stay in their homes targeted for redevelopment. William J.

Ward, a Florham Park lawyer, represents another two families. Only one of the two Lillian and Louis Anzalone are proceeding with the appeal of a June 22 decision by Superior Court Judge Lawrence M. Lawson that upheld the city's right to take the homes. It is that appeal that the Institute for Justice sought to join. The city fought that motion, alleging the institute had failed to follow proper procedures for getting admitted pro hoc vice, which is Latin meaning "for this occasion," and is necessary See Lawsuit, Page A2 Night and Day "Tag Team" couples work different schedules to care for their children.

JERSEY UFEF1 Partly cloudy Windy and colder. WEATHERA2 TEMPERATURES BREAKFASTI LUNCH 36 DINNER 31 32 BUSINESS CLASSIFIED I COMICSPUZZLES F7 DATE BOOK A2 EDITORIALS A2 MOVIES JIM IY AUVE1 OBITUARIES TELEVISION Ft 4090111711 Asbury Park Press daily At Wlndnw, 8:30 Pit Guwtogno 'Dtrtlnttiont' wty Sundiy 17 Tn i hi IV LIU. CI 50 CENTS stand trial before Citta on Feb. 6 on charges of murder, felony murder, kidnapping, robbery and carjacking for the events of March 14, 1996, that culminated in the death of Kathleen Stanfield Weinstein, 45, a special-education teacher at Thorne Middle School in Middletown. The case gained notoriety because Weinstein, a See LaSane, Page A5 Hie Rev.

Kevin Nunn (above) will take part in a prayer vigil Saturday at noon behind the Frederick Douglas apartments building where Latyria M. Nealy was slain. ley, R-Atlantic, who worked on the pension reform committee, compared the final bill to the lawmaking version of "Seinfeld" a show about nothing, as the sitcom was often described. "We're voting about a bill that has nothing in it," Gormley said. "It's astonishingly stupid," said Assemblyman Kevin OToole, R-Essex, who said the reform plans as drafted could have saved more than $1 billion.

Of the 41 changes proposed by a committee reviewing government benefits, about a dozen would See Reforms, Page A6 We Connect Buyers and Sellers! Can Today. 1-877-735-SEU Place your apartment in Jersey Wive. By MARGARET F. BONAFIDE and NANCY SHIELDS STAFF WRITERS ASBURY PARK While Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis A. Valentin continues to stop short of calling the city's most recent fatal shooting gang-related, he did say Thursday the community has to step up and cooperate with law enforcement to stop gang violence.

Valentin said although reports from law enforcement sources and the community claiming that the-murder is gang-related "may turn out to be correct," he said such a conclusion is premature. Latyria M. Nealy, 21, of Neptune was found shot once in the head in a parking lot at the Frederick Douglas apartments on Mattison Avenue Tuesday night, and died at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. No arrests have been made. It was the city's seventh slaying this year.

On Thursday, the Rev. Kevin Nunn, co-chairman of the Asbury Park Community Task Force, announced there will be a prayer vigil Saturday at noon on the site where Nealy was slain, and said religious and community leaders and police are taking part. Afterward, participants will walk See Murder, Page A14 on the statute of limitations. Superior Court Judge James N. Citta also rejected a request by the attorney for Michael LaSane to move his upcoming trial out of Ocean County based on what the attorney said was pretrial publicity prejudicial to his client.

"It's difficult, as an arbiter of fact, to not choke on the fact that I'm wasting IF YOU GO The public is invited to attend the unveiling at noon Saturday of a plaque honoring some of the key players from the early Asbury Park music scene. It will be placed in front of the boardwalk between Convention Hall and Howard Johnson's restaurant The Sounds of Asbury Park conoert, scheduled for Saturday at The Stone Pony, is sold out HI' VlsftourWrtifofcri MtsavtdeoofPitsy Sfcmprioniand a photo pltry of 1m ptaMmentof SOAP ptaqundrfvintiB) InuaM of pafcfflMn iMOiiMcny. Music Studio Read (ST?) of Workers from J. Fletcher Creamer A Son move the monument to Asbury Park musicians of the 1960s to a site on the boardwalk; It will be unveiled Saturday at noon, (staff photos: tanya breeni Asbiuy's rock legends reunite and reminisce Corzine throws wrench into benefit-cut works By KELLY-JANE COTTER MUSIC WRITER Forty years ago, anybody who was anybody on the local music scene knew about John Shaw. He was the charming drummer who could also sing, and he led The Jaywalkers, the hottest cover band in Asbury Park.

"John was my boss before that other Boss," said Garry Tallent, bassist for Bruce Springsteen's Street Band. "If you wanted to work, you wanted to be part of The Jaywalkers." Tallent joined The Jaywalkers as a guitarist and later switched to bass. He was one of 30 or 40 people who could claim membership in the revolving cast of The Jaywalkers. Billy Ryan, a devoted blues musician, was a Jaywalker in the band's heyday. "These guys were Like my family," he said.

"And we touched so many people." Shaw died earlier this year of an apparent heart attack. A memorial "The monument Is for the unsung heroes who were there before and during the Bruce explosion," said "Doc Holiday." THE CREATORS OF 'SOAP' NAMES OF THOSE BEING RECOGNIZED John Shaw, Billy Ryan, Bruce Springsteen, Garry Tallent Steve Van Zandt, Mickey Holiday, "Stormin" Norman Seldin, Vini "Maddog" Lopez, Fast Eddie "Doc Holiday" Wohanka, Billy "Cherry Bomb" Lucia, Clarence demons, Donnie Lowell, Nicky Addeo, Jim "Jack Valentine" Cattanach. Jay Pilling, Ken "Popeye" Pentifallo, John "Cos" Consoli, Gary Amtz, Larry "The Greaf Gadsby, Steve "Mole" Wells, Ray Dahrouge, Johnny Arntz, David Sancious, Margaret Potter, Sonny Kenn, Tom Potter, Tom Wuorio, RickDeSarno, Southside Johnny Lyon, Leon Trent, Buzzy Lubinsky, Danny Federicl, Bill Chinnock, Patsy Siciliano and Sam Siciliano. By JONATHAN TAMARI and GREGORY J. VOLPE GANNETT STATE BUREAU TRENTON Gov.

Corzine asked lawmakers Thursday to drop the vast majority of the pension and health benefit reforms they were expected to take up, saying the benefit cuts, proposed as part of an effort to curb property taxes, should be negotiated with labor unions. Republicans said the change, requested as lawmakers prepared to take their first tangible actions on tax reform, essentially guts the pension reforms crafted over the past four months. Sen. William L. Gorm- NJ lassons 732-552-1370 "On The Run' Wednesdays See Music, Page A14 MarWI'i TIM Bar 732-892-0131 NY Eve wBr.

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